Nozzle-wagon.



G. H. BARD NOZZLE W IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 29, 1905.

PATENTEDUJAN. 1, 1907.

NOZZLE WAGON. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 29,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed June 29, 1905- Serial'No. 267,541.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be 1t knowitthat I, GEORGE I-I. BARDSLEY, a citizen ofithe-UnitedfStates, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and l vState of Pennsylvania, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Nozzle- Wagons, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates toia new and useful improvement in nozzle-wagons, and has for its object to provide a wagon supporting a manifold to which the hose is connected, and to said manifold is connected one or more universally-swiveled nozzles for the purpose of directing the stream of water to any portion of the burning building.

A further object is to provide means for making the wagon immovable against the pressure of the water.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention ap ertains may under stand how to make and use the same, the

. construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 1s a side elevation of my im roved wagon ,Fig. 2, a section taken on the ine 2 2 of Flg. 1.

In large cities the fire departments are now installing high-pressure stations and mains by which large streams of water under great pressure can be thrown upon the fire; but it as been found that in throwing a three and one-half inch stream'for instance, under a four-hundredpound pressure-it is almost impossible for enough men to get a hold upon the nozzle to hold the same and direct the stream with any degree of accuracy, as I have found by experience that twenty men could not hold the nozzle from which a three and one-half inch stream issued. Therefore I invented the nozzle-wagon herein shown, which consists of a platform A, mounted upon suitable trucks, and secured to this platform is a manifold or pipe B, which is connected by the connections C at one or both ends to the supply-hose. Projecting from op osite sides of the pipe or manifold are the 'eet or webs B to hold or secure the pipe or manifold to the platform A. It is laterally of the manifold.

found in. ractice that the best results are obtained by having these webs oppositely opposed with a series at each end an one or more series intermediate the length thereof. The advantages of the webs further lie in the fact that they hold the manifold. against displacement when streams are being directed Extending upward from this manifold is one or more outlets D, which are controlled by a valve E, and to the upper end of these outlets are connected a universally swiveled nozzle F. This universal nozzle is already patented and upon the market, and therefore does not app y to my invention, as I reserve the right to use any form of universally-swiveled nozzle that I may desire.

stream, any suitable means can be employed for locking the wheels against rotation, the means shown in the drawings consisting of bars G slidably mounted to the platform A, and theouter end of each of the bars is forked, so that when the bars are slid outward laterally they will engage one of the spokes of the wheel and lock the wheels against rotation. Pins H may be usedpassing downward through the platform and also through holes formed in the bars G to prevent the bars G from retracting through vibration or otherwise. In order to prevent the front truck from turning upon the fifthwheel, pins I may pass downward through holes formed throu h the two sections of the fifth-wheel, thus holding the two sections immovable relative to one another. Of course it is obvious that there are various ways in which both the wheels and the fifth-wheel could be locked.

. In order to give'the wagon still more stability, I provide the movable braces J, which consist of rods pointed at their outer ends, to the platform A. These rods normally lie alongthe edge of the platform, but may be swung outward so as to come in contact with the ground andstandat an angle relative to the wagon, as shown in Fig. 2, bracing the wagon laterally. Thus it will be seen that by means of this wagon. a number of nozzles can be utilized to throw a large amount of water upon the fire, and one man can operate each nozzle easily and quickly, and the water can be thrown to any spot desired with great accuracy.

In the drawings I have shown the wagon equipped with two nozzles, two smaller and 7 In order to prevent the wagon from moving under the pressure of the two larger ones, and in the case of the smaller nozzles they will not be so high but what a man standing upon the platform can easily operate the nozzles by directly taking hold of the same but in case of the larger nozzles, if desired, they could be operated mechanicallyas, for instance, by the means shown upon one of the nozzles in Fig. 1, in which a cable J is attached at its end to the upper side of the nozzle and passes downward and around a drum K, and another cable L is attached at its outer end to the lower side of the nozzle and passes downward and around the drum K in the opposite direction to which the cable J passes, so that the operator by revolving the drum will wind up one cable and unwind the other, thus being able to lower or raise the nozzle without touching the same. Of course the nozzle will be moved upon this vertical bearing by hand. It is obvious that various means could be employed for mechanically exact construction operating the nozzles, such as a worm-gearing or otherwise.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- In combination, a truck, a longitudinallyarranged reservoir thereon, hose connections projecting from the reservoir at opposite ends in order to equalize the pressure of water within the reservoir, said connections projecting from the reservoir on horizontal planes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. BARDSLEY.

Witnesses:

' OTIS EGAN,

AGNES M. EGAN. 

